Before receiving the Real Care Baby, I knew it took a lot of work to care for a newborn. I now know that it takes a lot more than I thought. The forty-eight hours I had the baby were frustrating, exhausting, and stressful. It’s a lot of hard work, but I’m sure if it were a real child it would totally be worth it. During my time with the Real Care Baby, I actually went a lot of places. I went to two basketball games with it and faced the challenge of not being able to hear it cry. I had to keep checking on it every minute or so just to be sure. When it did cry, I had to leave the game to go outside and take care of it. I hated missing the game. Night time was the worse because I was exhausted, but I was afraid I would sleep through the crying so I hardly slept. The first night was rough because she woke up a lot and needed tons of attention. All I wanted to do was crawl in bed and fall asleep. The second night …show more content…
It didn’t really change my view on parenting because I know how difficult it is. I still plan on having kids later in life and I’m aware of the effort it takes. This project was definitely a worthwhile experience because it can teach teens extremely valuable lessons and the requirements of being a parent. After this project I feel way more empathetic for teen parents. They have to deal not only with the responsibilities of being a parent and having to be responsible, but with the judgement of other people. I envy not only teen parents but all parents because they have to do this for years. I think any teen that wants to become pregnant should really consider if it is a good option and if they are truly ready. There are many sacrifices they would have to make. I do think there are some teens that are more fit to be parents than some adults. I think the project is very beneficial and doesn’t need any improving, but it would be interesting to see if teens can do it for a longer period of
Welcome Baby Care is a full-service doula agency that is located in Edina, Minnesota. This doula agency was established in 2006. Welcome Baby Care offers in-home services and care packages. Their in-home services include daytime doula care, “night nanny” care, lactation counseling, and gentle sleep coaching. Welcome Baby Care is affiliated with the Minnesota Department of Health, Postpartum Support International, Mom Enough, and more.
Just a few years ago, I fully realized that I want to be a Neonatal doctor. When I was about three, I had this little doll that I would carry around. One day we were watching Life and Trauma in the E.R. and I threw my baby doll onto the floor and started to resuscitate her. Ever since then I knew that I wanted to be a doctor of some kind; I just wasn't sure what kind of doctor I wanted to be.
There are many steps into becoming a neonatal nurse practitioner. First I must become a
I want to be a neonatal nurse who takes care of newborn infants who were born prematurely. There are some procedures that may be needed for the care of the baby. What I know about a neonatal nurse is that you need to have a four year bachelors and masters of science in nursing degree. The reason I'm interested in this career is because I want to save lives and make a difference in the lives of the infants and their families. This career is something I will enjoy doing even if it can be sad at times.
A young, pregnant woman is sitting anxiously at the hospital waiting to hear the results of her ultrasound. As she waits, she remembers the horrible car accident she had just been in less than two hours ago. After a short time, the doctor comes in and confirms the young woman’s fears, her soon to be twins had no heartbeat and were gone. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too familiar for me because I lost my soon to be twin nephews due to a car accident. Within a split second, my entire world was changed all because a young man did not want to stop at a red light. Although the loss of my nephews was devastating, it did inspire me to help any mother I could in hopes that, she too, would not have to go through the same pain and heartache. Because of my new-found drive, I have decided to become a neonatal nurse, which, is a nurse who works with new born babies in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Being a neonatal nurse
Registered Nurses have a lot of responsibilities and other jobs, the career I chose is a NICU Nurse. They work in the rooms with babies to monitor any complications, but mostly premature babies. I chose this career because I love babies and I would love to be the reason why a baby got better. This career will be a great fit for my life goals because I’ve always wanted to be a nurse and I love working with babies so why not put both the things I love into one.
Career Description Neonatal nursing is a type of nursing that specialize in providing care for healthy or ill newborns. In neonatal nursing, there are three levels of the specialty. Level one cares for healthy newborns. Level two is for premature or ill newborns. Level three has more responsibilities.
I am interested in pursuing a career in nursing. A career that really interests me is a neonatal intensive care nurse. This is a type of nurse that works in a neonatal intensive care unit. These nurses often work with infants who were born prematurely, born with birth defects, or infants who are having critical complications during the first month after birth. Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit require constant monitoring and are often being treated for life threatening diseases. According to The National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) approximately 40,000 infants are born each year in the United States needing specialized NICU care. NICU nurses are always present when a baby is being delivered so they can provide immediate
My family and fellow co-workers have dubbed me the “baby whisperer.” I have a keen ability to soothe the fussiest, most demanding infants, which has proved to be a very useful skill in my current occupation as a childcare provider. Over the course of the last eight years, I have had the privilege to work with hundreds of children. While I hope that I have been able to make a positive impact on each of their lives, those same children and their parents will never realize the impact they have had on my life.
In addition, during my observation, Sydney was able to demonstrate the following gross motor skills. Sydney was placed in a sitting position on the table as well on the floor and was able to sit up unassisted for brief periods of time. Although Sydney appeared to be unstable at times, her mother closely spotted her to ensure her safety. Most babies are able to sit up by themselves unassisted for short periods of time (Oswalt, n.d.). By being able to sit upright and support the weight of her head in the proper position, shows Sydney has developed her core body strength and has met this developmental milestone. In addition, while lying on a blanket on her stomach, Sydney was able to lift her chest and head. According to American Pregnancy Association, most infants at 6 months old can lift their chest and part of their stomach while lying face down (First,
Once babies are grown in test tubes, there would be no need for parents and therefore vanish the incredible bond between the mother, father, and child. The childhood of a child that was grown in a test tube would be completely unconventional, since that child would not have loving parents to teach them anything. Adults raised this way would grow up to be unusual as a result of not knowing what love is since people first know about love because of the love between them and their parents. The adults grown from test tubes would most likely be independent and isolated from the rest of the world because they would not have created a bond with anyone or even interacted with anyone as a child.
I learned many things through Virtual Child. I learned I babied my baby too much. Any time she cried I picked her up, if she fell I was always there to pick her up. Throughout her life I babied her. As a mother I would need to decode her cry’s (Clinic. M). which in real life I believe I would. I believe this because I would not have as much patient as I did with my virtual child. But decoding cries, would be realizing the difference between a hungry cry and a diaper change cry. This would be easy, new borns need feed every few hours. You change feel or look in the diaper to see if the baby needs a clean diaper or its butt has rashes. The harder cries to decode would be if the baby was hot or cold. You
I gave birth to a baby girl named Stella (Manis, 2008). My boyfriend picked her name when I started the simulation, and I thought it was a good choice. Stella had a normal birth, which took about 10 hours. I gave birth naturally with my partner by my side. Stella and I bonded hormonally after about a week, though I chose not to breastfeed her. During her first weeks, Stella mostly slept. When she was awake, I took time to sing to her and rock her, as well as talking and playing her music. She had some trouble with feeding at the start, but after a while she began to enjoy mealtimes. Because my partner worked during the week, we would use disposable diapers during that time and cloth diapers on weekends. The parenting
I want to become a nurse because as a baby I had many difficulties in coming to this world. From being eight months premature and breech, my mother had a hard time giving birth to me. She had to fly from the island of Kauai to Oahu to give birth to me and because I was eight months premature I almost didn't survive. I would not be here today if it weren't for the nurses at Kapiolani Medical Center who took care of me and nursed me into a healthy little baby. These nurses helped me fight for my life and when I was discharged, they gave me a little green doll that I still hold onto until this very day. For this reason, I have the desire to work hard and become the neonatal nurse that I always wanted to be. Being a neonatal nurse will give me the opportunity to
Whether you are working, going to school, volunteering or helping your child adjust to social settings without you, choosing the best child care situation for you and your family is important, please do take the time to shop wisely. In the United States, 2.3 million individuals earn a living by providing care for children 5 years old or under. This was a job I started back more than twenty years ago testing the waters to see if this was suitable for me as a career. What I found was people want and expect a whole lot when it comes to the care of their children but most are not willing to pay the cost. When I have children in my care I treat how I want someone to treat mine by giving them my time and attention. Approximately 11 million of these children spend 35 hours per week in some type of childcare arrangement whether it is a home or a daycare. Quality and continued care is reliant on the trust and respect with co-workers, managers, and parents which all work together in creating a positive work experience, (Dnika, 2014). We can maintain our ability for effectively working with a child which increases by the parent’s confidence in our skills and respect for them as professionals. Basically, means that the parent is giving us the authority to decide when their child is going to eat and sleep and get their diaper changed. Trusting is a huge factor so if you don’t trust my judgement with making those types of